太平洋

Chinese

		peaceful and tranquil; peace and tranquility	ocean; foreign
simp. and trad. (太平洋)		太平	洋

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tàipíngyáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ ping⁴ joeng⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Thai-phìn-yòng
• Eastern Min (BUC): Tái-bìng-iòng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Thài-pêng-iûⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tàipíngyáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tàipíngyáng
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻai⁴-pʻing²-yang²
    • Yale: Tài-píng-yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Taypyngyang
    • Palladius: Тайпинъян (Tajpinʺjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ pʰiŋ³⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taai³ ping⁴ joeng⁴
    • Yale: taai pìhng yèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ ping⁴ joeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³ ping⁴ yêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ pʰɪŋ²¹ jœːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Thai-phìn-yòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai pinˇ iongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ pin² yong²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ pʰin¹¹ i̯oŋ¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Thai-phìn-yòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai pinˇ (r)iongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ pin² yong²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ pʰin¹¹ (j)i̯oŋ¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Tái-bìng-iòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(p-)βiŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(Ø-)ŋyoŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thài-pêng-iûⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Thài-pîng-iûnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tae'peng'viuu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ piɪŋ²³⁻³³ iũ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ piɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ iũ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² iũ²⁴/

Proper noun

太平洋

1. the Pacific Ocean

Derived terms

• 太平洋戰爭／太平洋战争 (Tàipíngyáng Zhànzhēng)
• 環太平洋／环太平洋 (Huán Tàipíngyáng)
• 環太平洋地區／环太平洋地区 (Huán Tàipíngyáng Dìqū)

 

See also

• (oceans) 大洋 (dàyáng); 北冰洋 (Běibīngyáng)/北極海／北极海 (Běijíhǎi), 南冰洋 (Nánbīngyáng), 印度洋 (Yìndùyáng), 大西洋 (Dàxīyáng), 太平洋 (Tàipíngyáng), ^{(Category: zh:Oceans)}

Japanese

Kanji in this term
太	平	洋
たい Grade: 2	へい Grade: 3	よう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たいへ​ーよー [tàíhéꜜèyòò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠ihe̞ːjo̞ː]

Proper noun

太(たい)平(へい)洋(よう) • (Taiheiyō) ^{←たいへいやう (taifeyau)?}

1. the Pacific Ocean

See also

• (oceans) 大(たい)洋(よう) (taiyō); インド洋(よう) (Indo-yō, “Indian Ocean”), 大(たい)西(せい)洋(よう) (Taiseiyō, “Atlantic Ocean”), 太(たい)平(へい)洋(よう) (Taiheiyō, “Pacific Ocean”), 南(なん)極(きょく)海(かい) (Nankyokukai)/南(なん)大(たい)洋(よう) (Nantaiyō)/南(なん)氷(ぴょう)洋(よう) (Nanpyōyō, “Antarctic Ocean”), 北(ほっ)極(きょく)海(かい) (Hokkyokukai)/北(ほっ)氷(ぴょう)洋(よう) (Hoppyōyō)/北(ほっ)極(きょく)洋(よう) (Hokkyokuyō, “Arctic Ocean”) ^{(Category: ja:Oceans)}

Korean

Hanja in this term
太	平	洋

Proper noun

太平洋 • (Taepyeongnyang or McCune-Reischauer: T'aep'yŏngnyang or Yale: Thayphyengnyang) (hangeul 태평양)

1. Hanja form^? of 태평양 (“Pacific Ocean”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
太	平	洋

Proper noun

太平洋

1. chữ Hán form of Thái Bình Dương (“Pacific Ocean”).